The Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria has seen previous champions including Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the tournament in the Austrian capital:

When is the Erste Bank Open?

The ATP 500 event will be held from 23-29 October. The hard-court tournament will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle. The tournament director is Herwig Straka.

Who is playing at the Erste Bank Open?

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev are among the field.

When is the draw for the Erste Bank Open?

The Erste Bank Open singles draw will be made on Saturday, 21 October.

What is the schedule for the Erste Bank Open?

* Qualifying: Saturday, 21 October at 11 a.m. and Sunday, 22 October at 1 p.m.
* Main Draw: Monday, 23 October at 2 p.m. Tuesday, 24 October – Thursday, 26 October at 1 p.m. Friday, 27 October – Saturday, 28 October at 2 p.m.
* Doubles Final: Sunday, 29 October at 11:45 a.m.
* Singles Final: Sunday, 29 October at 2 p.m.

What is the prize money and points for the Erste Bank Open?

The prize money for the Erste Bank Open is €2,409,835 and the Total Financial Commitment is €2,559,790.

SINGLES
Winner: €450,650 / 500 points
Finalist: €242,480 / 300 points
Semi-finalist: €129,225 / 180 points
Quarter-finalist: €66,025 / 90 points
Round of 16: €35,245 / 45 points
Round of 32: €18,795 / 0 points

DOUBLES ($ per team)
Winner: €148,020 / 500 points
Finalist: €78,950 / 300 points
Semi-finalist: €39,940 / 180 points
Quarter-finalist: €19,970 / 90 points
Round of 16: €10,340 / 0 points

How can I watch the Erste Bank Open?

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Who won the last edition of the Erste Bank Open in 2022?

Daniil Medvedev won the 2022 Erste Bank Open singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against Denis Shapovalov in the championship match (Read Report) Home favourites Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler lifted the doubles trophy in Vienna with a 6-3, 7-6(1) triumph against Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the final (Read Report).

Who holds the Erste Bank Open record for most titles, oldest champion, youngest champion and more?

Most Titles, Singles: Brian Gottfried (4)
Most Titles, Doubles:Lukasz Kubot (4)
Oldest Champion: Tommy Haas, 35, in 2013
Youngest Champion: Horst Skoff, 20, in 1988
Highest-Ranked Champion: No. 1 Pete Sampras in 1998
Lowest-Ranked Champion: No. 175 Anders Jarryd in 1990
Last Home Champion: Dominic Thiem in 2019
Most Match Wins: Brian Gottfried (31)

View Who Is Playing, Past Champions, Seeds, Points & Prize Money Breakdown

The ATP has announced that an ATP 250 event in Sofia, Bulgaria, has been added to 2023 ATP Tour calendar. The tournament will take place as a single-year licence, replacing the Tel Aviv Watergen Open, which was cancelled due to the outbreak of war in the region.

The Sofia Open, operated by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation, will take place at the Sofia Arena and will offer Euros 562,815 in prize money.

Stefan Tzvetkov, Bulgarian Tennis Federation President, said: “We’re excited to host ATP Tour tennis back in the historic city of Sofia again. It goes without saying that we wish the circumstances were different, and our thoughts remain with all those affected by the terrible conflict. Our appreciation goes to ATP, the Bulgarian Government, the Municipality, and our team. We look forward to working together with ATP to deliver a successful event for the players and the incredible fans of Bulgaria.”

The Sofia Open was first held in 2016 and counts players including Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov among its past champions.

Ben Shelton backed up his quarter-final run at the Rolex Shanghai Masters with a first-round win against Japan qualifier Taro Daniel on Tuesday at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships.

Making his debut at the ATP 500, Shelton battled hard to recover from a slow start, triumphing 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) in two hours and 34 minutes. The American struck the ball cleanly off both wings in the third set, using his thunderous forehand to overpower Daniel and earn his 22nd tour-level victory of the season.

The 21-year-old will next play Australian Jordan Thompson. Shelton has enjoyed a breakthrough year on Tour, highlighted by his run to the semi-finals at the US Open.

Japanese wild card Shintaro Mochizuki earned his first tour-level win at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, where he moved past Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4, 7-6(5) to delight the home fans.

The 20-year-old, who was competing in just his ninth tour-level match, demonstrated excellent court craft during the two-hour, three-minute clash. He hit an array of acute angles to pull Etcheverry wide, while he was aggressive on return, winning 52 per cent (12/23) of points on the Argentine’s second delivery.

Look what it means 🥹🇯🇵

Next Gen star @ShintaroMOCHIZU will never forget his first ever tour level victory

#kinoshitajotennis | @japanopentennis pic.twitter.com/N1iAelZDGW

— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 17, 2023

Mochizuki will next play top seed Taylor Fritz in the second round. The defending champion defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-3.

The 20-year-old Mochizuki was overcome with emotion following his win, sobbing in the chair as he took in the applause. He has tasted success earlier this year, winning an ATP Challenger Tour event in Barletta, Italy.

In other action, Casper Ruud increased his Nitto ATP Finals hopes with a 7-6(6), 6-3 win against Japanese wild card Yosuke Watanuki. The Norwegian, who advanced to the fourth round in Shanghai last week, is currently 10th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, 295 points behind eighth-placed Holger Rune, who occupies the final qualification spot.

Ruud is seeking his second title of the season and will next take on Marcos Giron.

Aslan Karatsev downed World No. 14 Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6(4) to earn his fourth Top 20 win of the season. The 30-year-old will meet Zhizhen Zhang or Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz boosted their Nitto ATP Finals qualification chances on Tuesday at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, where they both earned first-round wins.

Australian De Minaur came through a hard-fought battle against British lefty Jack Draper, advancing 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(1) in three hours and four minutes.

De Minaur rallied from a break down in the second set and broke qualifier Draper’s serve when the 21-year-old was trying to close out the match at 5-4 in the third set. The World No. 13 locked in from the baseline and started to pull the tiring Draper from corner to corner to improve to 13-4 in opening-round matches this year.

“I think whenever someone is struggling at the end it makes it much harder to finish off,” De Minaur said. “Because you can’t focus on what you want to and you just try to make him play as many balls as possible and then he was just playing free. I think this match was won on attitude and fitness. Happy to get the win and still be alive.”

De Minaur, who now leads Draper 2-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, is 13th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin on 2,515 points. He is 595 points behind eighth-placed Holger Rune, who occupies the final qualification spot.

Chasing his second title of the season, De Minaur will need a deep run in Tokyo to further increase his chances of making his debut at the prestigious year-end event. The fourth seed will next face Diego Schwartzman after the Argentine earned his 250th tour-level win.

Schwartzman produced a rock-solid display to down countryman Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 21 minutes, backing up his run to the fourth-round in Shanghai last week.

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Top seed Fritz followed De Minaur onto court and moved past Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-3 in the latest chapter of the pair’s long-running Lexus ATP Head2Head rivalry.

The American is the defending champion at the ATP 500 hard-court event and made a quick start to his title defence, firing 13 aces in a strong serving performance to advance after one hour and 21 minutes. Fritz now leads Norrie 7-6, with all 13 meetings coming on hard courts.

“It was really close to lose the first set. I was thinking it was going to be a three setter,” Fritz said. “I was lucky to get the break back in the first and then I felt my level picked up and I started playing a lot more smoothly.”

Fritz is four places above De Minaur in ninth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, 145 points behind Rune. The 25-year-old, who reached the semi-finals on debut in Turin last year, is one of five players to earn more than 50 wins this year, with his victory against Norrie his 52nd.

Fritz will next meet Japanese wild card Shintaro Mochizuki or Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

In other action, Cristian Garin beat Japan wild card Sho Shimabukuro 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, while Alexei Popyrin upset Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-2.

Twenty-year-old Mark Lajal will not soon forget what he accomplished on Monday in Antwerp. The #NextGenATP Estonian earned his first ATP Tour win with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Jaume Munar at the European Open.

The wild card had never played in qualifying or the main draw at an ATP Tour event, but he showed few nerves in Antwerp. The Estonian won 85 per cent of his first-serve points and saved the two break points he faced to advance after 69 minutes.

“This is my first time playing in an ATP, any ATP and main draw, so obviously I was really ready for it,” Lajal said in his on-court interview. “I wanted to do well and that for sure gave me the extra motivation.”

Lajal became the first Estonian to win an ATP Tour match since Jurgen Zopp reached the Gstaad semi-finals in 2018. The No. 229 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings is the only player from his country in the Top 500.

Lajal owns a 19-17 record on the ATP Challenger Tour this year, including a run to the Little Rock title in June. It will not get easier for the 20-year-old, who will next play fellow #NextGenATP star Arthur Fils, the fourth seed.

Into the next round 💪

Hugo Gaston defeats Arthur Rinderknech in straight sets to advance in Antwerp!@EuroTennisOpen | #EuropeanOpen pic.twitter.com/dxoxbzsqMD

— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 16, 2023

In other action, two Frenchmen also advanced to the second round. Hugo Gaston eliminated countryman Arthur Rinderknech and Gregoire Barrere ousted Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 7-6(5).

Gaston will next challenge second seed Jan-Lennard Struff and Barrere will try to hold off the big serving and tricky game of third seed Alexander Bublik.

Dino Prizmic might only be 18, but he showed Monday he is ready to compete against some of the best players in the world.

The #NextGenATP star defeated sixth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open. It was the Croatian’s third tour-level victory.

“I’m very happy about my performance today,” Prizmic said in his on-court interview. “I just want to say thanks to everyone who came here and supported this match because it means a lot to players. Thanks to everyone.”

WHAT A WIN ⚡️

Dino Prizmic earns the biggest win of his career after defeating Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-5 in Stockholm! 👏#StockholmOpen

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— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 16, 2023

Prizmic successfully neutralised one of the most powerful baseliners on the ATP Tour, winning 41 per cent of his return points and breaking the Czech’s serve three times. He will next face former Top 10 player Roberto Bautista Agut or home favourite Elias Ymer.

“I will try just to play my best tennis and try to enjoy every match,” Prizmic said. “I don’t want to give to myself big pressure. I just want to play my best tennis and enjoy every moment.”

Italian Lorenzo Sonego won a tight battle against Serbian Dusan Lajovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 after two hours and 19 minutes. The 28-year-old now leads Lajovic 3-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series and has won three consecutive meetings against the 33-year-old. It was their first clash since 2020.

Did You Know?
Prizmic is 18th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah. The Croatian can move into contention for a place at the Next Gen ATP Finals with a deep run in Stockholm.

When packing his bags to travel on the ATP Tour, Cameron Norrie includes items for both fashion and function. The Briton recently invited ATP Uncovered into his hotel room, where he shared the ins and outs of his travel habits.

Norrie does not go anywhere without the Red Hot Chili Peppers shirt his coach, Facundo Lugones, gifted him. “I think I’ve taken it every week with me for the last year and a half,” he said.

Among the more practical items Norrie travels with are journals and a recovery boot, which help keep his mind and his body right, respectively.

When it comes to chill time, Norrie stays stylish in sunglasses, which he can pair with some personalised flip-flops. A gift from the Rio de Janeiro ATP 500 tournament, where he was champion in February, has become a footwear staple.

“They have my ugly face on them,” Norrie joked. But his constant use of the flip-flops has created one unflattering issue, as he explains in the video below.

Flavio Cobolli was an alternate at the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2021 but never took to court at the 21-and-under event. Two years on and the Italian boosted his chances of making his debut in Jeddah following his run to the title at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Lisbon earlier this month.

The 21-year-old is up two spots to ninth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah after backing up his title triumph in Portugal with a quarter-final appearance at a Challenger event in Malaga last week.

Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah

American Zachary Svajda has also strengthened his hopes after soaring 12 spots to 13th following a standout month. The 20-year-old has won three of the past four Challengers that he has played in, with his latest victory coming in Fairfield, California. Svajda is aiming to compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals for the first time.

Italian Luca Nardi, who will play at the ATP 250 in Antwerp this week, has jumped two places to 12th. The 20-year-old defeated fellow Next Gen ATP Finals hopeful Dominic Stricker en route to the semi-finals at a Challenger Tour event in Bratislava, Slovakia.

The Next Gen ATP Finals will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 28 November – 2 December.

With four weeks until the Nitto ATP Finals, the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin continued to heat up at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Italian Jannik Sinner qualified after winning his second-round match in China, while Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev boosted their chances. ATPTour.com looks at the key movers as of Monday, 16 October.

11th (2,775 points) – Hubert Hurkacz
The Pole has jumped six spots to 11th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin after winning his second ATP Masters 1000 crown and first of the season in Shanghai. The 26-year-old saved one championship point in the final against Rublev before converting on his fourth opportunity to improve to 7-1 in tour-level finals. Hurkacz is 335 points behind Holger Rune, who currently occupies the final qualification spot in eighth. Hurkacz competed at the Nitto ATP Finals in 2021, falling in the round-robin stage.

Fifth (4,275 points) – Andrey Rublev
Rublev has consolidated his fifth-placed position in the Live Race To Turin after collecting 600 points by reaching his sixth final of the season. The 25-year-old is chasing a fourth consecutive appearance at the prestigious year-end event, with his best result a semi-final run in 2022.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Sinner have all qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals.